Toronto Centre

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Toronto Centre is a Canadian federal and provincial electoral district that covers the heart of downtown Toronto. The riding was first created in 1872 from portions of Toronto West and Toronto East. In 1924, the riding was broken into Toronto East Centre, Toronto West Centre and Toronto South. A riding covering much the same area was created in 1933 named Rosedale, named after the wealthy neighbourhood of Rosedale. This riding was replaced with Toronto Centre—Rosedale in 1996, but the quickly-growing population resulted large areas being shaved off on all sides. In 2003, the riding moved somewhat east, and once again became simply Toronto Centre.

The provincial riding of "Toronto Centre" was created in 1999 when Ontario's electoral districts were defined to be the same as those used for federal elections.

The riding contains notable areas such as Rosedale (one of Canada's wealthiest enclaves), Regent Park (Canada's first and largest social housing development), Church and Wellesley (Canada's largest gay community), as well as most of the business district of the city.

In the Canadian House of Commons, the riding is represented by Bill Graham, the Minister of National Defence.

In the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, it is represented by George Smitherman, Ontario's Minister of Health.

Its member of Toronto City Council are Pam McConnell and Kyle Rae.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Federal election results 2.1 Toronto Centre 2.2 Toronto Centre—Rosedale 2.3 Rosedale 2.4 First creation

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

• Robert Wilkes, Liberal (1872-1875)
• John MacDonald, Independent Liberal (1875-1878)
• Robert Hay, Liberal (1878-1887)
• George Cockburn, Conservative (1887-1896)
• William Lount, Liberal (1896-1897)
• G.H. Bertram, Liberal (1897-1900)
• William Brock, Conservative (1900-1904)
• E.F. Clarke, Conservative (1904-1905)
• Edmund Bristol, Conservative (1905-1924)
• Riding discontinued (1924-1935)
• Harry Clarke, Conservative (1935-1940)
• Harry Jackman, National Government then Progressive Conservative (1940-1949)
• Charles Henry, Liberal (1949-1957)
• David Walker, Progressive Conservative (1957-1962)
• Donald Stovel Macdonald, Liberal (1962-1978)
• David Crombie, Progressive Conservative (1978-1988)
• David MacDonald, Progressive Conservative (1988-1993)
• Bill Graham, Liberal (1993-present)

Federal election results

Toronto Centre

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bill Graham	30,336
	New Democrat	Michael Shapcott	12,747
	Conservative	Megan Harris	7,936
	Green	Gabriel Draven	2,097
	Marijuana	Jay Wagner	313
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	106
	Marxist-Leninist	Philip Fernandez	65
	Action	Kevin Peck	63

Toronto Centre—Rosedale

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bill Graham	26,264
	Progressive Conservative	Randall Pearce	8,150
	New Democrat	David Berlin	5,398
	Canadian Alliance	Richard Walker	5,057
	Action	Paul Hellyer	1,466
	Marijuana	Neev Tapiero	722
	Natural Law	David Gordon	224
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	121
	Marxist-Leninist	Philip Fernandez	116

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bill Graham	22,945
	New Democrat	David MacDonald	9,597
	Progressive Conservative	Stephen Probyn	8,993
	Reform	John Stewart	3,646
	Green	Jim Harris	577
	Action	Anthony Robert Pedrette	303
	Natural Law	Ron Parker	270
	Marxist-Leninist	Steve Rutchinski	166
	Independent	Ted W. Culp	145

Rosedale

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bill Graham	25,726
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	10,930
	Reform	Daniel Jovkovic	6,413
	New Democrat	Jack Layton	5,547
	National	Martin Lanigan	1,091
	Natural Law	Doug Henning	817
	Green	Leslie Hunter	483
	Not affiliated	Linda Dale Gibbons	350
	Marxist-Leninist	Steve Rutchinski	57
	Abolitionist	Yann Patrice D'Audibert Garcien	40

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	22,704
	Liberal	Bill Graham	22,624
	New Democrat	Doug Wilson	8,266
	Libertarian	Chris Blatchly	411
	Green	Frank de Jong	397
	Rhino	Liane McLarty	265
	Independent	Mike Constable	102
	Independent	Harry Margel	91
	Commonwealth	Paul Therrien	33

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	David Crombie	23,211
	Liberal	Bill Graham	11,488
	New Democrat	Dell Wolfson	7,836
	Green	Shirley Ruth Farlinger	821
	Libertarian	Clarke Slemon	291
	Communist	Sylvie Baillargeon	172
	Commonwealth	David Dube	144

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	David Crombie	16,862
	Liberal	Anne Cools	14,993
	New Democrat	Jim Hockley	5,698
	Rhino	Geoff Yates	319
	Libertarian	Harry J. Nelson	140
	Independent	Frank Sommers	125
	Not affiliated	Ann Ladas	104
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	85
	Marxist-Leninist	Alan Miller	34

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	David Crombie	18,594
	Liberal	Anne Cools	12,987
	New Democrat	Ron B. Thomson	6,902
	Libertarian	Alex W. Eaglesham	305
	Independent	Hans Blumenfeld	196
	Not affiliated	Ann Ladas	176
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	80
	Independent	Joanne Pritchard	49
	Marxist-Leninist	Alan Miller	32
	Independent	Sean Howes	27

By-election on October 16, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	David Crombie	18,732
	Liberal	John Evans	10,114
	New Democrat	Ron B. Thomson	3,008
	Independent	Donald M. Campbell	196
	Independent	Linda Cain	155
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	120

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Stovel Macdonald	17,227
	Progressive Conservative	Hal Jackman	14,119
	New Democrat	Maurice Desjardins	3,285
	Independent	Marshall Bruce Evoy	220
	Communist	Dan Goldstick	136
	Marxist-Leninist	Vern Harper	75

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Stovel Macdonald	16,073
	Progressive Conservative	Warren Beamish	14,856
	New Democrat	Ron Sabourin	4,598
	Independent	Aline Gregory	892
	Not affiliated	David Starbuck	95

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Stovel Macdonald	19,011
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Bradley	9,683
	New Democrat	John Chamard	4,083
	Communist	F. Nelson Clarke	183
	New Canada Party	Fred Reiner	148

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Stovel Macdonald	9,757
	Progressive Conservative	Hal Jackman	7,487
	New Democrat	Harding E. Bishop	4,514

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Stovel Macdonald	12,860
	Progressive Conservative	Hal Jackman	6,803
	New Democrat	Harding E. Bishop	3,534
	Social Credit	George Leslie	240

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Stovel Macdonald	10,191
	Progressive Conservative	David J. Walker	9,597
	New Democrat	Desmond Sparham	3,778
	Social Credit	John David Brunne	240

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	David J. Walker	15,429
	Liberal	Tom O'Neill	6,412
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Tom McAulay	2,570

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	David J. Walker	12,415
	Liberal	Charles Henry	7,122
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Tom McAulay	3,038
	Social Credit	Harvey Jamieson	299

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Henry	8,702
	Progressive Conservative	David J. Walker	8,386
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Dudley Bristow	3,727
	Labour-Progressive	Janet M. Clark	308

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Henry	10,835
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Jackman	10,189
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Dudley Bristow	6,170

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Jackman	11,784
	Liberal	William Kearns	6,997
	Co-operative Commonwealth	David Cass-Beggs	4,342
	Labour-Progressive	John Weir	1,006

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	National Government	Harry Jackman	9,491
	Liberal	J. Louis Shannon	10,399
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Norah Dymond	991

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Harry Clarke	9,491
	Liberal	George Alexander Urquhart	8,306
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Dennison	2,765
	Reconstruction	Bert Watts	2,277
	Communist	Samuel Scarlett	733

First creation

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edmund Bristol	5,985
	Liberal	Norman McEachren	5,123

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Edmund Bristol	12,051
	Liberal	Charles MacGuire	3,918
	Unknown	Archie Dramin	217

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edmund Bristol	5,156
	Liberal	Charles MacGuire	2,994

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edmund Bristol	3,482
	Liberal	T.C. Robinette	3,295

By-election on April 11, 1905
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edmund Bristol	acc.

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	E.F. Clarke	4,321
	Liberal	T.C. Robinette	3,935

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Rees Brock	2,625
	Liberal	John Flett	2,411
	Labour	Henry Hargrave	179

By-election on September 30, 1897
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	G.H. Bertram	2,212
	Conservative	O.A. Howland	1,962

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Lount	2,394
	Conservative	George Cockburn	2,154

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Cockburn	2,414
	Liberal	James Kerr	1,912

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Cockburn	2,282
	Liberal	John Harvie	1,828

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Hay	1,620
	Unknown	J.D. Edgar	1,422

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Hay	1,631
	Independent Liberal	John MacDonald	1,141

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Wilkes	1,509
	Unknown	A. Morrison	1,225

By-election on December 4, 1875
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John MacDonald	acc.

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Wilkes	1,509
	Unknown	Shanly	1,188